Deirdre Fitzpatrick

Deirdre Fitzpatrick is covering her 7th Olympics for the Hearst Television Olympic Team.

When not chasing swimmers, sprinters and all things Olympic, she can be found in Sacramento at KCRA-TV anchoring the weekday morning news. She's a mom of 2 boys and an endurance athlete in what's left of her free time.

A Justice Department civil rights investigation has concluded that the Ferguson Police Department and the city's municipal court engaged in a "pattern and practice" of discrimination against African Americans.